noun.
The point in the throat where swallowing begins.
noun.
In building, a coarse, rough fabric used as a wall-lining in wooden houses.
To stuff or interline in the manner of a quilt; supply with stuffing.
To stitch together, as two pieces of cloth, usually with some soft substance between: as, to quilt a petticoat; in general, to stitch together: said of anything of which there are at least three layers or thicknesses, the stitching often taking an ornamental character, the lines crossing one another or arranged in curves, volutes, etc.
To pass through a fabric backward and forward at minute intervals, as a needle and thread in the process of making a quilt.
To beat; thrash; ‘lam.’
noun.
A mattress or flock-bed.
noun.
A cover or coverlet made by stitching together two thicknesses of a fabric with some soft substance between them; any thick or warm coverlet: as, a patchwork quilt.
noun.
A quilted petticoat.
To swallow; swallow (something).